Commission confirms Chips Act update for beginning of 2026
The official 2026 work programme also upgrades public procurement and product updates into "Acts"
The European Commission has moved a planned review of the Chips Act from the third quarter of the coming year to the first one, according to its 2026 work programme officially released today.
The document also confirms that the Commission will propose changes to the semiconductor law.
The Chips Act has been widely acknowledged to have failed to achieve ambitious goals for boosting the bloc’s production of semiconductors, with all EU capitals recently backing a call for a rethink.
Elsewhere in the 2026 work programme, the Commission has rebranded a planned revision of EU rules for how public authorities buy goods and services – including digital services – into a “Public Procurement Act”.
A draft of the document that Euractiv obtained last week still listed the project as an “update”.
The final version of the work programme has also upgraded a planned review of the rules for standardisation into a new “European Product Act”, which is set to combine updates to EU standards rules with changes in market surveillance and product rules.
Technical standards can be a key underpinning in digital legislation, such as the EU’s AI Act, where standards-writing delays have led to calls for freezing implementation of parts of the law itself.
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